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A 1-month-old infant with congenital heart disease underwent initial cardiac surgery (Mee Shunt) at day 20 but was later readmitted because of poor shunt flow and hypoxemia. Despite therapy, the infant deteriorated and suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest. After 40 minutes of resuscitation, spontaneous
Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFA) is an effective and safe therapeutic modality in the management of liver malignancies, performed with ultrasound guidance. Potential complications of RFA include liver abscess, ascites, pleural effusion, skin burn, hypoxemia, pneumothorax,
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the advantages of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (PRFA) therapy with contralateral single lung ventilation (SLV) for liver carcinoma in the hepatic dome (LCHD).
METHODS
The clinical data of 10 patients (the SLV group) with LCHD consecutively treated from January to
OBJECTIVE
We describe the rates and potential risk factors of complications of radiofrequency ablation of hepatic tumors. SUBJECTS AND METHODS. Over a 5-year period, 312 patients underwent 350 sessions of radiofrequency ablation (124 intraoperative and 226 percutaneous) for treatment of 582 liver
Between January 1982 and May 1986 a large subcapsular hemorrhage of the liver (SHL) was diagnosed in six infants who weighed 1000 g or less at birth at Royal Alexandria Hospitals, Edmonton. The diagnosis of a ruptured SHL was made between 4 and 18 days of life by means of clinical and sonographic